amphibologies

Variant of amphibology

noun pl. amphibologies

  1. double or doubtful meaning; ambiguity, esp. from uncertain grammatical construction
  2. an ambiguous phrase, proposition, etc.

Origin: ME amphibologie < LL amphibologia (altered after words ending in -logia, -logy) < L amphibolia < Gr, ambiguity < amphiballein: see amphibole

Also amphiboly

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